"I was determined not to insert myself in their lives until Doug and I had established we were in this for the long haul," she said. "Children need consistency; I didn’t want to insert myself into their lives as a temporary fixture because I didn’t want to disappoint them. There’s nothing worse than disappointing a child." As for Cole and Ella's take on Harris's parenting style, Cole told The New York Times, "I was a senior when they got together, and I remember I saw a tweet that someone did. It was a photo of Kamala at the Kavanaugh hearing, and someone tweeted, like, 'I’d hate to have to look at that face and explain why I’m late for curfew.' And I was thinking, 'I’ve literally had to do that.'”
